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Yes it sounds like a scam. People post similar experiences here several times a week.

If you're marketing to the world, then it's prudent to do virtually a worldwide search for pertinent trademark registrations. For confidence...

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So it sounds like you're going to file a federal trademark application. The federal bureaucracy uses an internationally adopted classification...

Are you asking about the legal risks if any, of distributing SWAG?

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Your issue is whether your former counsel committed legal malpractice. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Consult an attorney who represents...

Yes, the "first sale doctrine" would permit that.

This is something that you should discuss confidentially with a local attorney with expertise in domestic abuse cases.